Sheikher 2009 (V25).

Methods	Participants were "randomly assigned". No other details available.
Participants	90 women at term with a singleton live fetus and a BS equal to or less than 5 were included.
Interventions	3 groups: Oral misoprostol 50 mcg 4‐hourly (max x 5), vaginal misoprostol 25 mcg 4‐hourly (max x 5) or intracervical Foley's catheter.
Outcomes	Labour and delivery outcomes. Neonatal outcomes. limited side effect outcomes.
Notes	Intracervical Foley's catheter group data not included in the analysis.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information about the sequence generation process to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	B‐unclear.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	The study did not address this outcome.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’.
Other bias	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to assess whether an important risk of bias exists.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’.